Milking stool



Jan, 13. 192,5,

INVENTOR. M MM I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

SVEN SVENSON, 0F FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN.

MILKING STOOL.

Application filed July 20, 1922. Serial No. 576,173.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it known that I, SVEN SvENsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fond du Lac, county o-f Fond du Lac, and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful "Improvements in Milking Stools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in milking stools.

The object of my invention is to provide -a milking stool having a light metal frame and a broad base, ensuring stability and strength. Also to provide a milking stool with improved means for supporting a pail or milking receptacle and tilting the same 'at different angles.

A, furtherobject of my invention is to provide a milking stool having a pail support adaptedto receive and securely hold a conically tapered pail without allowing thepail to bind in the support in such a manner that it can not be readily lifted and removed from the support.

As additional objects I provide an ad l justable pail supporting metallic ring, the

diameter of which may be variedV to suit the requirements of pails of differing size. I also provide a non-metallic wrapping for the pail supporting ring which can be removed, cleansed, replaced, and secured inposition on the ring quickly, handily, and conveniently, and which, when in position of use, will afford a yielding bearing for the pail at intervals along the ring and along helical lines o-r oblique lines, calculated to afford a secure bearing or set of bearings for the pail without allowing the latter to bind therein. Y n

'rr further object of my invention is to provideimproved means for adjusting the pail support at different elevationswith reference to the milking stool, and for tilting the same to hold the pail atvarious angles.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my"im proved milking stool with the pail support adjusted to holdthe pail in a vertical posiLA tion and ata considerable elevation.

vFigure 2 is a. plan view of the same.

Figure 3 isa front view' of the upper portion of the milking stool and pail support withl thef non-metallic pail receiving member or rope removed.

Like ,parts are identified by the same referenceU characters throughout the several views.

Vtrated at 1 and 2.

Vto the horizontal seat supporting member 2 of each frame through the medium of a triangular corner brace l riveted to correspond ing ends of the' angle iron membersl illus Thus each of the frame members includes two legs rigidly connected together and, when such frame members are interconnected by means of the seat and the transverse brace herein disclosed, a four legged stool of great rigidity and strength 1s the result.

A seat 5 is mounted upon the horizontal flanges of the frame members 2 and is bolted thereto as shown. The bolts 6 preferably pass through laterally projecting clips T connected with the members 2, the specific means for connecting the Seat, however, not

being very material. Y

The pail support comprises a flexible metallic band 10, reduced at one end to form an elongated tongue 11 adapted to extend,

through a slot 12 in the other end portion of the band and to be secured thereto by a projection 13, preferably struck from one of the. overlapping portions and engaged ,in

any one of a series of apertures 14 formed i inthe other end portion of the band. The

wider of the two overlapping portions preferably provided with aset of lips 16 and 17 which may be struck up from said portion in a position to receive the tongue l1 between them, these lips 16 and 17 co-operating with the stud or projection 13 to hold the ends of the band in connected relation. rIfhe diameter of the ring thus formed by the b and 10 may, of course, be varied by re1easing the stud or projection 13 from the aperture in which it is engaged and re-engaging it in another one of the apertures 14C.

On each side of the ring the band 10 is provided with a .downwardly extending member 18 which constitutes a connecting member whereby the ring 10 may be secured to and supported from a frame portion 3 of the stool. These members 1S are clamped to the inwardly extending flange of. the por.,- tion fby a connecting-boltQOhaving anut 21 preferably disposed underneath the over; hanging flange of the4 portion 3..

The iiiturned flange of the member 3 is provided with a series of holes 23, -each adapted to receive the bolt 20, and a resilient washer 24, interposed. between the member 18 and the member 3 of the frame, isprovidedwith -an elongated and tapered port-ion on oneside, having its extremity bent at right.` anglesto theplaneofthe waslieito for-ina hook/27 adapted to engage in air-aperture 23 at adistance from the aperture iii which tlieibolt 2O is engaged, thereby `.preventing the.- waslier from rotat-v ing. v'lliewasher 24 is somewliat dislied and the clamping pressure exerted by theV bolt v2() whenfturnedintothe nut 21 tendsto ('latteirtliewasherand cause it to bindV with suliicient. resilient..'pressure upon'ithe Vsupportingmembersc` 18 to prevent. them .trom

swinging or tiltingunderl tlieweight of the;V

pail and `its contents/j..` I

1t is obvious that ita pail were adjustedV i o1- placed in thering 10 with no intervening bearing iiieinbeis,tliey pail would not only vhave its outer Vsurface scratchedor marred by thefrin'g, but-when lilled, it would tend to become wedged in the rings@ that it could not be readily removed. come Vthese ditlicultiesl provide the mar* gins 'of the., ring 10 with semi-circulari notches 30 tolreceive arope 31, preferably a librousi'ope, whichengages in these notches land which maybe wound; in the form .of a `flattened `helix about the ring., v

One end of the rope extends through a l hole 32 in the supportingniember 1S and dislcis rotatedv until the desired pressureis anchored thereto by a` clamping disk- 33 eccentrically pivotedfat 34 to themember 18. .The other end of the rope extends throughan aperture in the ring-(FigureV 3),andV is similarly securedl by an eccentr-i;

callypivoted clamping disk 36;. *.Theiclampf ing :fdislrs 33 andi36 are each: preferably notched, as indicated Vat 37, whereby.; when; they are adjustedwith the Vnotch in regis-- try with the hole through Ywhich ythe rope` is passed,'tlie rope ma'y be readily slipped` through the VVhole,after` which the; clamping upon the rope is obtained.

A.Themillting stool above describedhas such 1 -a broad base that it is notl easily tipped .or turned'ove'r. l The `pail will be properly sup-V ported and easily removed, andeven if handled by. acarelessgperson it willnot bei scratched or dama-ged and will not'become wedged in thesupporting ring. The friction washer,.or washer shaped member 24,

will exert sufficient, resilient frictional. pressure: against the ,flat Asurfacesof the mem` ber 18 to prevent the pail and ring from' tipping accidentally, althoughthe ring may.

To overbe manually. tiltedto hold.thepaill at any Y Y desired angle'witl'iout loosening' the clamp-v be adjusted in conformity with the size of the pail support but, it mayalso be. adjusted to conform withthe diameter .of the. portion of the pail-tobe engaged.` The pail may `thus be supportediat different elevations by the pail supportnieantbe bottom ornear the top, the standardfpailbeingtapered. For .extreineivariataons 4in the,desinedi.elevation `changinglthe,diameterof thea-ing to engage l. i

of the pail the supporting membersal'may be raised and.reclan i, pel toifthe legjstbyi adj usting` the rclampin,g-.vAbfilt'is'2() 'through r other holes 23 in] the legs:` i

Their-the'diametergof the ring lOlis creased or diminished materially, it isdesirable to' adjust thelegsfinivardly or out. wardly. This may be accomplished; ,by

e0 loosenin-gftlie bolts 6 and-clamping vmembers 7, whereupon the members 2 may Vbe moved l inwardly. or outwardly to afperinissible exif tentf dependent. on the width of lthe horizontalJ flangesjfon the members 2, whereby they; can. betlius; moved,without/disengaging them from the clamping members Y7.

Additional movementinay be permitted by providing the seat with slots 39, although-i these will Ynot rordinalily be found necessary` The essentialy feature. in this regard is'. the

provision of means .for movin-gthese inem-V g bers 2 and the legs 3; toutwardly or inwardly-f in lcorrespondence .with the'fdia-meterfof the pail'supporting ring andY .any meansfor accom-plishing;` y this utilized;` A

adjustment may be.

i For. the purpose offkeeping the seatboardA 5 fromfshifting,tothe front or rear, in the, event that Y the r clampingf `bolts become looseneohv lugs l0 andV 41 projecting; down. wardly from the horizontal flange of angle L.

bar 2 into .engagement `with the margins of clamping fniiembers desired. I claim:v .A milki nation of a frame provided Vwitha seat,a

pail; holder adjustably secured to the fra-me, and` meansfor preventing the' t'pail frombindingeinthe pail holder."

2. A, milking stool `comprising `the f combi-. .Y

nation of vakt-rame provided with a seatand having; forwardly j extending frame meinbers aperturedi at intervals, a'baiidfprovided` with 'dependingL Vearsf adapted; to be mayfbe provided `it Y, v 115 g .stool .comprising the v combi Y clamped to-said frame `members,clamping,` V

bolts extending through .said ears-land frame member apertures, and resilientlv yielding, friction members interposed between there#d maa-eealspective ears and said frame members, and

, supporting provided with hook-shaped arms engaged in adjacent `frame member apertures to prevent tilting movements of the friction members.

3. A milking stool having a circular pail band adjustably connected therewith, and a flexible member wound' helically about said band and having end portions detachably secure.

4:. A milking stool having a circular pail supporting band adjustably connected therewith, and a flexible member wound helically about said band and having end portions detachably connected thereto, said band having marginal notches to receive said iexible member.

5. A milking stool having a circular pail supporting band adjustably connected therewith, and a iiexible member wound helically about said band and having end portions detachably connected thereto, said band ha ving apertures to receive the eXible member, and clamping eccentrics located adjacent the apertures7 and adapted to partially overlap them when in clamping position.

6. A pail support for milking stools, comprising a ring provided with detachable bearing members.

7. A pail support for milking stools provided with non-metallic pail receiving bearing members. Y

8. A pail support for milking stools comprising the combination of a metallic ring, means for supporting the ring from the stool, and non-metallic'bearing projections on the inner face of the ring adapted to support the pail when the latter is inserted in the ring. j

V9. A pail support for milking stools comprising the combination of a metallic ring, means for supporting the ring from the stool, and non-metallic bearing projections on the inner face of the ring adapted to support the pail when the latter is inserted in the ring, said bearing members being disposed for engagement with the pail on all sides.

10.A pail support for milking stools comprising the combination of a metallic ring, means for supporting the ring from the stool,v and non-metallic bearing projections on the inner face of the ring adapted to support the pail when the latter is inserted in the ring, said bearing members comprising portions of a rope wound upon the ring in a circular coil, the turns of which conform generally to the cross sectional form of the ring.

11. Amilking stool comprising the combination of a frame including a set of members extending forwardly and downwardly in supporting relation to the front portion of the frame, an expansible ring connected with said members, and a seat provided with clamping devices adapted to adjustably engage said members to allow the members to be separated or brought toward each other in correspondence with the diameter of the pail supporting ring.

12. AV pail support including an annulus and contact members spaced interiorly about the circumference thereof and adapted for contact with a pail inserted therein.

13. A pail support including a hoop having a helical Winding providing spaced interiorly projecting contact portions for carrying a pail without binding.

14. A pail support including a hoop having a helical Winding providing spaced interorly projecting contact portions for carrying a pail without binding, said winding comprising a non-metallic member.

SVEN SVENSON. 

